COMET CENTRAL

Morning. Been cleaning up the 289. It’s a little crusty but planning to drop it in and see what happens. Anyone used a Torker intake on a 289/302? Seems to be a wide variety of opinions about how well it works. The clocked carb looks a little different…vintage. Garage is getting out of hand again. 7...

I dropped in the 289 last night. Man there is so much more room.

Picked up the motor and trans yesterday. Going to need some cleaning for sure. It turns out that the transmission is a Ford-o-matic rather than a C4. It has the 6 bolt bellhousing and is cast iron. Anyone used one of these in a Comet? From some research it seems to be a bit of a unicorn made for low...

Good news and bad news. After trying manual rack and pinion, offset bushings, motor spacers, banging on headers, etc I decided to let a weekend drag racer enjoy the 427. It’s bitter sweet since I was pretty optimistic for a while and then realty started to set in (sorry Lou). I could have notched so...

Hi Lou. The 427 is staying. Gonna have to massage the headers a little and drop the rack and pinion about 1 inch. The C4 fits without modification. Catching my second wind putting it together. Updates soon I hope.

Making some progress. My buddy came over to play this morning and we dropped in the 427. Planning to lower the R&P a smidgeon. Happy to see a little bit of progress! 83EBDA97-E404-410A-B723-8336CBDFA481.jpeg D7F93F80-739A-4F3B-A9A9-11CF28272BC9.jpeg 363D80FE-F179-4C1F-A017-CF0E16932B79.jpeg 6E1ABAC8...

Making a little progress. I purchased some bumper brackets from a nice guy on Facebook marketplace at a reasonable price. A little grinding and some POR-15 and they look pretty good. The wife’s clothes rack came in handy. 286D70ED-44E0-4406-B939-60B2A4AD7A8A.jpeg Also took the pan off the motor but ...

It makes a good template for putting mine back together. I downloaded some pics to help once I get through painting.

WOW. Gorgeous car.

Hi Fred. The color combo is going to be polar white with a red spear. The seats are red. I found one on Facebook that I really like that had this color combo with white seats. It was for sale for just a couple days and then I couldn’t find it so it didn’t last long. Mine will have the tear drop hood...

Thanks JT. I am going to pull the pan and modify it for clearance. Hope it works! Like you said it’s a process to get to the end result. My buddy Greg came over yesterday after work to help sand and get ready for more primer. I used Eastwoods low VOC epoxy primer. It’s not perfect but looks to be a ...

Started the test fit tonight. It’s gonna be a tight fit. The oil plan has one sump too many I think to clear the rack and pinion. The good news is that I could squeeze a sheet of paper between the water pump and the radiator. The header on the passenger side looks like it will fit. Driver side will ...

Anyone know a good source for bumper brackets front and rear for a 64? I have been looking and cant seem to find them.

Been working on the Comet past couple of nights. I pushed it out of the garage. Even without a hood, engine, lights, dang she looks fast just sitting there. Pushed out of the garage.jpg Started work on the front fenders. I am using the Eastwood Low VOC epoxy primer. Having a few issues with the spra...

Got a new Cleveland style alternator bracket in this afternoon and i am thinking that it will work. There is a little clearance for the water fitting on the head so that was good news. EA4B4D55-7C5D-4C7F-9F54-DA624438014F.jpeg Now the trick is to get this… EEE13A39-7DCE-43C4-9CEF-A20824F73C84.jpeg T...